About 150 nomadic youths and women from Anambra, Delta, Katsina, Osun, Yobe and Kaduna states have been equipped with sundry skills in a bid to tame banditry and other forms of criminality.
The skills include animal husbandry, ICT, leadership skills, livestock production, cosmetology, sewing and knitting.
Speaking at the opening of a 3-day capacity development workshop in Kaduna Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE), Professor Bashir Usman, explained that the training will play a vital role in addressing food security and youth restiveness in the country.
Represented by the Director of Extension Education and Skills Development, NCNE, Dr Abdu Umar Ardo said, “Empowering youths and women is the means through which they are assisted to succeed in life and having the opportunity to develop the ability they need to become role models who can influence their communities and earn a living for socio-economic and sustainable livelihood development.
“Youths and women empowerment is of importance to nations and the empowered. With youths and women empowerment, the future prosperity of nations is secured because these are the people that are future entrepreneurs of any nation.
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